Hatch



@Mtnl ff-teut @fina Letters Patent Nm 74,355, dated February 11, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GOLLAR ANI) BOSOM COMBINED.

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i Be it known that I, EDWARD' HATCH, of Charlestown, in-the county of Middlesex, and State of Massa chusetts, have invented a new and useful or improved'Artiele of Manufacture, o1"Combined` Collar and Bosom,

the same being formed of a single' sheet of paper or other suitable material; and I do hereby declare the' follow` ing to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lthe letters of reference marked thereon. Oi the said drawings Figure'l represents a view of my improved collar and bosom as they appear after'being stamped out o r cut fronra sheet of paper, the collarinthis figure being what is termed a turn-down collar.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same, after having been embossed and moulded into shape and ready for use.

Figure 3 'exhibits a view, of my improved collar and bosom as stamped out from a sheet of paper, the collarin this figure being what Vis termed the stand-up or garrote collar."

Figure 4 is a front view ofthe same, as embossed, moulded, and ready to b e'worn. A The nature of my invention consists in an improved collar and bosom as stamped or cut from a single sheet ,of paper, or other suitable material or materials, and with the bosom portion made whole rather than in tvo parts, as is the usual custom.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention apperta/ins to make and use it, I will proceed-to describe its construction, tte. p

Ifsve suppose the paper or material of which the collar and bosom are to be out to be suitablyiprepared, we take a. die, of the desired shape, and cuter stamp, from such paper or material, a bosom and collar-blank, which willhave the form as shown in figs. land 3, 4according to the form or style of collar intended.

In the drawings above mentioned, A- denotes the collar, and B thev bosom, as cut from one piece ofA paper or material. The said collar has two button-holes maderinlit, one .beingat the centrall part ofthe lower portion, a, of thecollar, and the other near the free endl thereof.; In carrying out my invention in the form reprep sented in gs. 1 and 2, the upper part of the collar is to be turned over smoothly uponthe part `a, and on the ine e. The collar is then to be rounded oimoulded to it the neck of a person in the ordinary manner. The` upper partei` the bosom B is formed or curved 4toiit to the neck'and around the collar-bone of a person, the lines of curvation being shown at d e. In order to give ease and a proper degree of flexibility and adjustability, as well r as a neat appearance, to the bosom, I form the upper corners thereof with angular extensions or wingsfffench" of which, when ,the conm. is f the afulded" pattern, isr'to extend underneath the collar, as shown Vin g. 2.r Y

VIn carrying outA my invention with the garrote formof collar, the bosom and co1lar`,.a`s in the first;

mentioned instance, are to be stamped trema single sheetof paper or material by means of a die having the requisite form; but in this latter case, when the bosom andeoll'ar are put into their proper places, only onfe o f thewingaf, extends underneath the collar, the otherwing having a button-hole, g, formed in it, as shown in g. 3. The sides of the bosom may be either paralleler curved. Ihoygever, preferito form the lower portions with curved lateral extensions h It, of suicient length to extend nnderneathothe -Suspenders of the person wear# ing such bosom, thersaid parts h aiding in preserving the bosom in its corxtk osition. "Moreover, the said bosom, when providedrwith a turn-down collar, has a buttonehola'c, in its front, heme being to enable Lthe bosom to bev attached to the front buttounon the neck-band of a shirt. In case' the collar iofr'thestand- 4up style, the front button-hole is disposed as seen in figs-3 and 44.. The said bosoms and collars may be stamped or embossed with any desirable devices or figures, or with plaits and imitation of rows of stitching, and the bosom-front, if desirable, may have'holes made in it for the reception ofbuttons or studs,

I applying my improved bosom and turn-down collar to the neck and breast of a person, I first insert the rear button (on the neck-band of t'he sl1,irt)in the baclc button-hole of the collar. i Next, I apply the Vbuttona hole near the free'end of the collar to -the -button on the front of the neck-band of such shirt,Y and next pass the latter buttonthrough the button-hole formedin the front part of the bosom. The wings or extensionsff, extending underneath the collar, or between the parts a, b, not only give exibility to the bosom, but enable it to t or conform to the greater. or less rotundity of the breast or 4parts with which it'comes in contact. The

a lication of the bosom with the stand-uy collar is the same as that ust described, with the exce tionthat PP v P .l P

. '14,355 one of the wings,`f, is to be confined in place by means of a. button (arranged in-a suitable place on the shirt) passing through the button-.hole of suoli wing.

A.l collar and bosom made in myimprovcd manner possess several important advantages over the collars and bo'soms :is ordinarily made; that is to say, the bosom being formed whole insteed of n two parts, there is no seztmto gztpe open and expose the garment undernel'tth, sind besides, it saves the time and 'trouble of buttonngend unbutto'niug such parts.

Having described my intention, I would remark that I dornot broadlyelaim stimnping or cutting a. collar and bosom from one sheet of paper or other material;` neither do I claimforming the bosom with wings or extensions to extend underneath the collar, as I ftm'trv'are that su cl1;is notnew; neither do I claim a collar `und bosom made of separate pieces of linen or other textile material united together vby sewing; but

1 What I do elaim asa new orimproved article of manufacture is-,

The eombined collar and bosom, cut o'r' ystamped from sin-le sheet of suitable m-aterialrthe said 4bosom 7 being made Whole, and the collar being formed and connected therewith, substantially as herein set forth.

EDWARD HATCH.

Witnesses: v

A. S. JAItvrs, FRED. A. HATCH. 

